FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD

We are strengthening capacity of vulberable communities to promote sustainable food self-sufficiency allowing an availability, access, good use and stability of food.

We contribute to local and regional economic development. CLODER supports the farmers Business Associations and other small structure of women working to make incomes. That is our strategy to help the poorest families to strengthen their financial autonomy in order to guarantee their purchasing power through investments in their agricultural and non-agricultural trade activities: we encourage families to show solidarity and creativity to guarantee their income. Then we co-finance their initiatives to break out of the vicious circle of poverty. Then added vocational training which involves young people for better income: Sometimes young people have no other option than to work for the survival of their family. We help them acquire professional skills.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

ICLODER works with young people in risk management and emergency preparedness:

Many communities are increasingly vulnerable to violent conflict and natural disasters that can wreck decades of work for local development and rise poverty and inequality. To make their lives safer and find tailor-made solutions, CLODER listens to children and young people and works with them to improve the capacities of their communities and especially most vulnerable people to disaster and environmental risks.

We help them to become resiliencecommunities by teaching them to protect themselves before, during and after a disaster. In addition to our Emergency responses, we act for early recovery of communities in crisis so that normal activities can start earlier. CLODER will therefore bridge the gap between emergencies and long-term development by initiating community-based actions of sustainable resilience and development. So, the shock is then transformed into positive energy.

II CLODER contributes to environmental management and climate change adaptation:

The poor are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and the lack of access to right and affordable energy services daily.

These questions have a primary local dimension. The problems such as climate change and challenges related to the management of natural resources that influence the reduction of biodiversity and the deterioration of the ozone layer cannot be resolved by the authorities without the involvement of populations. As energy and the environment are essential for sustainable development, CLODER helps communities and their leaders to build their capacities to face these problems by researching and sharing best practices in governance through demonstrative projects that help the poorest to build sustainable livelihoods.

We mobilize the populations and their authorities to adopt and put in place a traditional program of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in each range of activities that they undertake in the development process of their regions.

PROTECTION

II No protection without identity:

The rights and opinions of young people are often wrongly neglected. First, because the Convention on the children Rights (CIDE, 1989) guarantees them the right to express themselves on all matters that concern them; Second, because children's views on crucial issues like education, health or well-being can make a world of difference in effectiveness of development initiatives. The participation of young people in development process remains essential, because they offer us a unique vision of their environment and inspire us in all our programs. We consult them before, during and after implementation of our actions. It is thanks to them that we identify the concrete obstacles that prevent them from exercising their rights to citizenship. CLODER supports and train them by strengthening their structures and raising awareness of their rights and duties as citizens.

III CLODER gives voice to children:

The rights and opinions of young people are often wrongly neglected. First, because the Convention on the children Rights (CIDE, 1989) guarantees them the right to express themselves on all matters that concern them; Second, because children's views on crucial issues like education, health or well-being can make a world of difference in effectiveness of development initiatives. The participation of young people in development process remains essential, because they offer us a unique vision of their environment and inspire us in all our programs. We consult them before, during and after implementation of our actions. It is thanks to them that we identify the concrete obstacles that prevent them from exercising their rights to citizenship. CLODER supports and train them by strengthening their structures and raising awareness of their rights and duties as citizens.

IV CLODER makes education of children a priority:

Allchildren have the right to education. We help communities to build schools in the most isolated areas. We work to reintegrate children who have abandoned their first educational pathways. At the age of 5 to 13, the transition to primary school is decisive. Coming into a new world, children must adapt to the rhythm, the content and the teacher. If they have not had the chance to go to nursery school, vulnerable children from isolated rural area often hear the official language there for the first time. CLODER teams facilitate the access to school by vulnerable children through our educational sponsorship and scholarship program. Children from poorer families and orphans are potential beneficiaries of this action.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY HEALING

I CLODER acts for better health and access to water for communities:

Water is main best friend as long as it's available and healthy. In the poorest and most isolated areas, water often comes with disease. Children are the most vulnerable. To cite just one example, diarrhea is the second leading cause of death among children under 5 in the Congo.

With our partners and communities members we bring water closer to families and promote better hygiene practices so that children no longer die from diseases.

CLODER also wants to contribute to the reduction of mortality and morbidity rates linked to poor knowledge, attitude and practice - Water, Hygiene and Sanitation CAP in the most vulnerable communities through actions of community awareness and mobilization.

III CLODER invest in early childhood:

we are also committed in health services for pregnant women, infants and young children and values quality food. From first smile to the first steps, early childhood marks the rest of our existence. Yet, the poorest families lack assets to give their toddlers a good start in life. Each year, thousands of girls and boys under the age of 5 do not receive the care and support they need to grow up healthy and secure their future. CLODER and partners invest in the physical, mental and social development of children before their eighth birthday. For children from 0 to 4 years old the volunteers (Community Action Groups) trained by CLODER will work in the villages to meet families. They will give them advice on how to preserve infants and young mothers.

IV CLODER informs young about healthy sexuality:

We act with young to give them information and services they need to choose responsible sexuality. Sex subject remains taboo in many societies. The unsaid on sexuality, love and intimacy is a danger. Poorly informed, adolescents are exposed to significant risks, including HIV / AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases. CLODER works with young people, their families and local partners to open a dialogue on sexual health. Starting with gender notions. Young people have to know that they can choose their partner, say no, avoid unsafe abortions, protect themselves from illnesses and unwanted pregnancies and stay in abstinence. We will directly involve young encouraging them to express themselves, identify problems and find solutions. Without the effective system, young people risk missing out on school, damaging their health and jeopardizing their well-being and future.

CAPACITY BUILDING

We offer training and consultancy services in Disaster Management, Environmental Risks Monitoring, project Management to humanitarian and development organizations working with people whose lives and rights are threatened by disasters and climate change.

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